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Nobody is born with a steering wheel or a gear shift in his hand. It's something you choose to do or you don't.

Mario Andretti

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Mario Andretti
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: February 28
Formula One Driver
Nascar Driver
Racing Automobile Driver
Mario Gabriele Andretti
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My last race was at Le Mans in 2000, my first race was in 1959, so I dodged a lot of bullets along the way, I can tell you that.
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I count my blessings every day, quite honestly, because I take nothing for granted.
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You're safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track.
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I don't have many superstitions, just dumb things I don't talk about. I will not sign an autograph with a green pen.
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If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough.
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What is golden is miles under your belt, miles, miles, miles.
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Speed takes a little bit of getting used to, but rules have to be followed. At any speed, the more you run, the more you get used to it.
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Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that's their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.
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You dream what you're supposed to do
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But really - look at the span of my career, and it's something people dream about. And to be spared major injury: I had some moments along the way, but being able to retire on my own terms after having driven during those decades when safety conditions were more precarious than today - am I lucky, or  what?
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The first time I fired up a car, felt the engine shudder and the wheel come to life in my hands, I was hooked. It was a feeling I can't describe. I still get it every time I get into a race car.
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The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.
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From the driver's standpoint I had the same horrors, the same satisfactions, the same everything. The speed is relative. It's faster and things are happening quicker, but you have the equipment to handle it.
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I look at myself as the luckiest man alive.
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In racing, there is no question who is best - the first one to cross the finish line wins first prize. But with wine, even if you make the best wine in the world, someone isn't going to like it, because it isn't their style. Judging wine is very subjective.
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Sebastian Vettel's brilliant talent will ultimately come forth and he'll continue to show what he's capable of. I will never ever degrade Vettel's ability. Sooner or later, he'll prove anyone so wrong
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I will always enter a race car from the left side. Always. Why? I have no idea.
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It takes a lifetime to build tradition.
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Love what you do. Believe in your instincts. And you'd better be able to pick yourself up and brush yourself off every day.
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When you are losing it can seem like there is a black cloud following you around, but like they say there is a silver lining in every cloud.
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